2024
Rapid Assessment Amid an Injection Drug Use-Driven HIV Outbreak in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley: Highlights from a Case Study
Rapisarda S, Silcox J, Case P, Palacios W, Stopka T, Zaragoza S, Hughto J, Shrestha S, Green T. Rapid Assessment Amid an Injection Drug Use-Driven HIV Outbreak in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley: Highlights from a Case Study. AIDS And Behavior 2024, 29: 562-583. PMID: 39511061, PMCID: PMC11813996, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04540-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk environment frameworkHIV outbreakEthnographic field notesLaw enforcementSyringe disposal practicesHousing instabilityLocal responsiveness strategySyringe service programsStructural risk factorsMerrimack ValleyLocal jurisdictionsService programsHarm reductionHIV riskSyringe accessQualitative interviewsCase studySubstance useHigher injection frequencyOpioid-related overdose deathsEnvironment frameworkComputed descriptive statisticsDrug supplyMixed-methods designDisposal practicesPerson-Centered Combinations of Individual, Familial, Neighborhood, and Structural Risk Factors Differentially Relate to Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathology
Ricard J, Hyde L, Baskin-Sommers A. Person-Centered Combinations of Individual, Familial, Neighborhood, and Structural Risk Factors Differentially Relate to Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathology. Criminal Justice And Behavior 2024, 51: 1339-1357. DOI: 10.1177/00938548241246146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntisocial behaviorAntisocial personality disorder diagnosisPersonality disorder diagnosisPerson-centered analysesLatent profile analysisDisorder diagnosisDifferential relationsInterview-basedRisky behaviorsCombination of individualCensus-derived dataProfile analysisPersonsStructural risk factorsRelationship to numberAntisocialPsychopathologyRisk factorsBehaviorNeighborhoodQuestionnaire-basedCrimeCompare profilesRecord outcomesRelationshipCommunity-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield
MacPherson P, Shanaube K, Phiri M, Rickman H, Horton K, Feasey H, Corbett E, Burke R, Rangaka M. Community-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield. BMC Global And Public Health 2024, 2: 9. PMID: 39681899, PMCID: PMC11622870, DOI: 10.1186/s44263-024-00042-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActive case findingCommunity-based active case-findingCommunity-based ACFImpact of active case findingChest X-ray screeningPrimary care servicesPublic health practitionersHealth system participantsScale-up of treatmentRisk of TBElimination of TBStructural risk factorsHealth promotionPopulation-level impactScreening guidelinesSynthesise evidenceX-ray screeningCare servicesHigh-burden countriesHealth servicesHealth practitionersEffective scale-upCase findingEvidence baseTB transmission
2009
HIV-prevention science at a crossroads: advances in reducing sexual risk
Vermund SH, Allen KL, Karim QA. HIV-prevention science at a crossroads: advances in reducing sexual risk. Current Opinion In HIV And AIDS 2009, 4: 266-273. PMID: 19532063, PMCID: PMC2995247, DOI: 10.1097/coh.0b013e32832c91dd.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandomized clinical trialsSexual transmissionPrevention strategiesEvidence-based prevention strategiesMale circumcision trialHIV prevention scienceNew prevention toolsSpread of HIVStructural risk factorsPRO 2000Circumcision trialHIV incidenceSyndromic managementRisk factorsClinical trialsMicrobicide trialsPrevention interventionsHIVPrevention benefitsSexual riskPrevention toolTrialsCombination strategiesMore yearsGlobal pandemic
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